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Discussion Topic  RE: Luxurious Names (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...And, the Mercedes automobile was named after somebody's daughter..." In fact it was Emil......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...Just checking, Richard...do they teach about apostrophes in this "classical education" ov......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "... I would salute you with a cask-brewed (?) ale, if I knew where to get one!..." You don'......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote, "...I simply thought that by classical education, Richard meant an old-fashioned one with emp......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...we can't say that because someone crosses the Atlantic they have to start spelling words d......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Heaven forfend that I should be thought to be casting aspersions on Tolkein's learning. I was merely......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote, "...Let's say I had a job in London and my kids went to public schools there, or whatever you......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
I see I have unwittingly created a minor ruckus by commenting about classicalthe UK and the US; I do......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Or "Hubble bubble, toil and trouble." instead of the correct quote: "Double double, toil and trouble......
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Discussion Topic  RE: British vs. American English (in Potpourri) by Richard English
The OED prefers the "ize" ending but many, including me, prefer the "ise" ending. Either is acceptab......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
"All that glisters is not gold" is the correct quotation. However, along with "Paint the lily" (usua......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lesser-Known Counterparts of Familiar Words (in The Vocabulary Forum) by Richard English
Quote "...The term numerate seems to be much more common in Britspeak than in USspeak..." This is t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dark Horses (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
Quote "...It my be fate, or it may be chance – but, whenever a woman is desperate, there is sure to ......
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Poll  RE: Glisters (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
It will be interesting to see where the respondents giving the correct answer hail from and whether ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: "Energy Vampires" (new term) (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Richard English
But surely the anolgy is perfect. Vampires steal into peoples bedrooms at night and suck their bloo......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Modern coinages (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Quote "...tankering - when airlines dodge high fuel prices at airports to save money..." Airlines, ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Ah, but when does something become sufficiently common or usual for it to be a fact? It is a fact t......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Lame (in The Written Word) by Richard English
Unlicensed cabbies seem to be a problem everywhere and typically those who operate unlicenced cabs a......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
You realise, of course, that my posting was a joke? The statement I made is obviously nonsense since......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Generalizations (in Potpourri) by Richard English
Of course, all generalisation are inherently flawed (although that's a generalisation, of course)....
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